Guard for beds.



M. A. PETERS.

GUARD FOR BEDS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.27, 1913.

Patented July 13, 1915.

19.1% Zens.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CO WASHINGTON, n4c1 MARY A. PETERS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GUARD FOR BEDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1915-.

Application filed December 27, 1913. Serial No. 809,038. I

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MARY A. Pnrnns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of few York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Guards for Beds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to security attachments for bedsteads and the object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive and efficient device adapted to be readily applied to a bed so as to prevent an infant or invalid from falling or crawling off the bed, thedevice being constructed so as to permit all necessary freedom of movement of the user.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the following description is read in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view looking down upon the bed, showing the application of the device. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken through the bed.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the device is constructed of a long band or strap 1 of any suitable material, one terminal of which is provided with a longitudinally projecting eye member 2 adapted to be engaged by a suitable hook member 3 connected to an intermediate portion of the band or strap upon the same side thereof and arranged nearer the end having the eye member. Immediately adjacent the eye member the band is formed with an eyelet 4 and a similar eyelet 5 is arranged adjacent the book. The eyelets d and 5 are arranged to register with each other so as to receive a fastening device in the form of a safety pin or the like. The opposite terminal of the band or strap is provided with coacting fastening devices, the purpose of which will be hereinafter described.

In applying the device'the end having the eye and hook members is wrapped around the body of the infant or invalid and the hook engaged in the eye member so as to produce a body loop 6. The remaining por-- tion of the belt or strap is passed over the bed and engaged around one side rail thereof and where the bed is arranged against a wall, as shown in Fig. 1, this end of the strap is engaged over the side rail adjacent the wall. To prevent disconnection of the eye and hook members a safety pin is preferably passed through the eyelets 4 and 5, as shown in Fig. 2. The loop 6 formed by connecting one terminal to the intermediate portion of the belt, by means of the hook and eye and the. safety pin, is of sufiicient size to avoid restricting the movement of the user either in turning or rolling from one side of the bed to the other, although when using one strap the body is limited in its movement toward the exposed edge of the bed. Where the bed is positioned away from the wall a second strap of similar charactor is applied and these body straps effectively prevent falling from the bed at either side thereof.

What I claim is:

In a device of the class described, a strap having a pair of spaced eyelets therein, an eye secured to one end of said strap adjacent one of said eyelets, a hook secured to the same side of the strap adjacent the other eyelet, said eyelets being adapted to register when the above mentioned end of the strap is bent to form a body encircling loop, and means adapted to pass through said eyelets and maintain the said hook and eye in engagement.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARY A. PETERS.

Witnesses Mrs. L. WEIL, CHARLES Pnrnns.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

